Dr. Takvor Soukissian holds a PhD in Ocean Hydrodynamics from the Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He was Associate Professor at the Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean and he is currently Research Director at the Institute of Oceanography of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. 

He teaches “Marine Renewable Energy sources” in the post graduate studies program "Marine Science and Technology" of the Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.His current research interests include marine renewable energy sources (mainly offshore wind and wave), stochastic modelling and forecasting of sea states and extremes of environmental parameters. He is reviewer in 30 scientific journals and author of more than 110 peer reviewed publications in journals and international conferences.